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A review by gglazer
A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes
4.0
One of the descriptions below says it all: "a crew of well-meaning pirates fall into the clutches of half a dozen children." I read this book after hearing a reviewer rave about it on NPR, and I'm very glad I did... it's disquieting and strange, written in this detached and disjointed way, with an oddly visible narrator that jumps in once every 50 pages or so. The author's casual racism is also disquieting, but somehow it heightens the sense of place and time as well.
I also keep going back to something the NPR reviewer said about the cruelty of Emily, the main child character -- and it's funny, I'm not sure I agree at all with his assessment. Maybe this book's morals, as well as the plot of the ending, are very much open to interpretation.
I also keep going back to something the NPR reviewer said about the cruelty of Emily, the main child character -- and it's funny, I'm not sure I agree at all with his assessment. Maybe this book's morals, as well as the plot of the ending, are very much open to interpretation.